An Air India Express flight from the Kerala state capital to Dubai returned, on Sunday, barely a couple of hours after take-off due to an issue with the air conditioning system of the aircraft, Thiruvananthapuram airport officials said.
The flight, IX 539, which took off with 178 people onboard — including the crew — from here at 1.19 pm returned back and landed safely at 3.52 pm, an airport official said.
“The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew are fine. A local standby was declared. It was an AC issue, ” the official said.
